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Look out, Starbucks — McDonald’s Japan has now entered the dessert drink game

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2023
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Can a fast food chain beat a coffeehouse chain at its own game?

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • COK • commercials • cool • drinks • fast food • frappes • Frappuccino • Japanese commercials • kimutaku • macarons • marketing • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • SNJO • strawberry • sweets • Takuya Kimura • taste test)

Sakura season arrives at McDonald’s Japan with new range of exclusive menu items

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2023

The cherry blossoms look extra tasty this year.

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• (burgers • cherries • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • commercials • fast food • food • hanami • Japanese commercials • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sakura • sakura 2023 • teritama)

We try the new Asian Juicy burgers from McDonald’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 6, 2023

Cute on the outside, but are they good on the inside too?

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• (90s • burgers • COK • commercials • fast food • food • Idols • J-Pop • Japanese commercials • Japanese idols • JPOP • limited edition • Marie Iitoyo • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music videos • Nanase Nishino • Puffy • review • SNJO • taste test)

Asian Juicy: New burgers from McDonald’s Japan pay tribute to a ’90s J-pop music video by Puffy

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2023

There’s a lot more than burgers to unpack here.

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• (90s • burgers • COK • commercials • fast food • food • Idols • J-Pop • Japanese commercials • Japanese idols • JPOP • limited edition • Marie Iitoyo • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • music videos • Nanase Nishino • Puffy)

McDonald’s teams up with local confectioners for new lineup of very Japanese desserts

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2022

Schoolgirls step in to represent Tokyo, Kyoto, and a surprise outsider for this surprising collection. 

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• (COK • commercials • desserts • food • Gion Tsujiri • ice cream • Japanese commercials • kikyo shingen mochi • limited edition • marketing • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • new • pies • shingen mochi • sweets • Tokyo Banana • video)

McDonald’s adds a hot sakura pie to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2022

New cherry blossom dessert takes its inspiration from a traditional Japanese springtime sweet.

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• (apple pie • cherry blossoms • COK • commercials • desserts • food • hanami • Japanese commercials • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pies • Sairi Ito • sakura • sweets • video • Yoko Maki)

Nike commercial about gender inequality in Japan receives backlash online【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2021

 New clip points out facts about football, baseball, and sumo in Japan…but not all Japanese are behind it. 

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• (commercials • Japanese commercials • Japanese students • Naomi Osaka • Nike • sexism • sport • sportswomen • Sumo • videos • women • YouTube)

Japanese anime commercial plays out like an epic neo-Tokyo adventure 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2021

People in Japan are falling in love with Spy Ando…and the humorous twist ending.

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Nike commercial addresses bullying and racism in Japan, riles up debate online【Video】

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  Dec 1, 2020

Video gets more dislikes than likes, proving just how much Japanese society needs to watch this right now.

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Kumamon and other Japanese mascots get muscular makeover in new energy drink commercial【Video】

• Katie Pask
  Aug 30, 2020

It falls somewhere between impressive and terrifying. We’ll let you decide.

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• (commercial • dekavita • energy drink • Funnashi • funny • Japanese commercial • Japanese commercials • Kumamon • mascot • weird • YouTube • yuru-kyara)

McDonald’s Japan runs new anime ad for milkshakes, some viewers see lolicon mag cover instead

• SoraNews24
  Jul 15, 2020

“Forever, Love” campaign gets lost in translation.

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• (anime • commercials • drinks • fast food • Japanese commercials • marketing • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • sweets)

During trying times, receive comfort and advice from Boss coffee’s poster boy Tommy Lee Jones

• Eli Pang
  May 30, 2020

No, Elvis is not dead. He just went home to shelter in place.

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• (Alien Jones • BOSS • Boss coffee • commercials • COVID-19 • Japanese commercials • Suntory • Tommy Lee Jones)

Studio Ghibli produces commercial for Japanese convenience store chain Lawson 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2020

Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.

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• (animation • anime • art • commercials • convenience stores • cute • Ghibli • Japanese commercials • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaii • konbini • Lawson • Studio Ghibli)

Ad featuring high school girls reconnecting with each other makes us feel warm and fuzzy【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 29, 2019

Estranged childhood friends, a blackout, and a mobile app are the perfect ingredients for a marvelous story line.

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• (childhood • commercial • commercial video • high school • Japanese commercials • TEPCO • touching • YouTube)

Avril Lavigne speaks Japanese in new commercial for Laundrin’ 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2019

The singer sniffs her rooms and gives us a house tour for new nationwide TV ad in Japan. 

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• (ads • air freshener • Avril Lavigne • celebrities • house tour • Japanese • Japanese commercials • Kawaii • Laundrin • laundry detergent • music • video)

Naomi Osaka slams reporters who ask her to speak in Japanese with new Nike commercial

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2019

Osaka has just one word to say in response to all those annoying questions about her ethnicity and her love of katsudon.

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• (commercials • Japanese • Japanese commercials • katsudon • Naomi Osaka • Nike • sport • sportswomen • tennis • videos • YouTube)

Tommy Lee Jones cries, says sayonara to the Heisei era in epic new Boss coffee commercial 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 30, 2019

The one-night special will be screened on Japanese television tonight, on the last day of the Heisei period.

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• (BOSS • Boss coffee • commercials • Heisei • Heisei era • Japanese commercials • Suntory • Tommy Lee Jones • videos)

Jennifer Connelly sang a Japanese song that became a number one hit single in Japan 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2019

Watch as a teenage Connelly advertises a Technics product while singing in perfect Japanese.

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• (actors • actresses • Graham Norton • hollywood • Japanese • Japanese ads • Japanese commercials • Jennifer Connelly • music • Technics • The Graham Norton Show • videos)

Naomi Osaka v Kei Nishikori: Tennis pros play with Japanese bats in Nissin cup noodles commercial

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2019

Osaka turns into a kimono-clad anime character halfway through the clip.

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• Japan
• (commercials • Eggplant Man • hanetsuki • instant noodles • Japanese commercials • Naomi Osaka • Nasubi • nengajo • new year • Nissin • ramen • tennis • videos • YouTube)

New ad for Pepsi J-Cola is like a badass Mad Max Japanese festival 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2018

The crazy big-budget commercial stars some of Japan’s most well-known musicians on flame-spewing monster floats.

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• Japan
• (Cola • commercials • DJ Rena • drinks • festivals • J-Cola • Japanese commercials • music • Nyango Star • pepsi)

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